In this ad for Titus's capture and return, dated November 22, 1775, Corlies correctly anticipated that Titus "will probably change his name." Three years later the former slave gained notoriety as ...

Then, facts had to be acknowledged and published in so-called “runaway slave ads” like the ones in the museum gallery. “They’re writing about people as property,” Harper said.

Such ads often included a person's physical description ... to extract from a slave and his or her children. Not all runaway slaves fled to the North. Many fugitives sought refuge in cities ...